Farthing Details:

1. Diameter : 22mm, Weight : 4.749g
2. Mintage 2,365,440
3. Value ranges from £4.00 - £150.00  and above, depending on condition (Source Collectors Coins GB 2009)

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1821 | 1822 | 1823 | 1825 | 1826 | 1827 | 1828 | 1829 | 1830

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Obverse A - Normal	Reverse 1 - Normal
Obverse Design: Laureate Head George's bust facing left, (by Benedetto Pistrucci) abbreviated legend is as follows: GEORGIUS IIII DEI GRATIA (George by the Grace of God)	Reverse Design: Seated Britannia facing right, holding a shield and trident, abbreviated legend is as follows: BRITANNIAR: REX: FID: DEF: (King of the Britains, Defender of the Faith)

Varieties

There is 1 known variety of this coin.

• What Happened in 1828?

• Science: Friedrich Wöhler synthesizes Urea, disproving a cornerstone of vitalism.
• 1828 Siamese-Lao War: Siam invades and sacks Vientiane.
• A typhoon kills approximately 10,000 in Kyūshū, Japan.
• 32,000 Angolans are sold in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• Birth of Jules Verne, French author (d. 1905)
• The Duke of Wellington succeeds Lord Goderich as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom